Juneteenth—or Jubilee Day, Black Independence Day, Emancipation Day—has been marked since June 19, 1866; the first anniversary of General Order No. 3 that Union General Gordon Granger issued on June 19, 1865. The Order conveyed the news of the Emancipation...
Dr. James Lee III is a composer with a strong connection to Baltimore. He is a Professor of Music at Morgan State University, and the Baltimore Symphony has played and commissioned a number of his works, including Chuphshah! Harriet’s Drive to Canaan, Fantasy on the...
Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance. ― Yoko Ono Fun Fact: Yoko Ono became a...
What a gift to hear someone else read your words—especially when that someone else has a voice like Jon Shorr. Thank you, Passager Books, for sharing my words! Please click on play below. ...
Spring Newsletter I enjoy the spring more than the autumn now. One does, I think, as one gets older. ― Virginia Woolf I hope you’re continuing to keep safe and sane as we look forward to a change of season. During the months of quarantining—that are about...
“History says don’t hope On this side of the grave. But then, once in a lifetime The longed for tidal wave Of justice can rise up And hope and history rhyme.” — Seamus Heaney And so, we find ourselves in the final month of this annus horribilis—and since we’ve...
